4.23
Tattvārtha Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.23
प्राग्ग्रैवेयकेभ्यः कल्पाः
prāggraiveyakebhyaḥ kalpāḥ
The line
For prāggraiveyaka (प्राग्ग्रैवेयक), kalpa (कल्प).
Where it sits
In Tattvārtha (तत्त्वार्थ) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 4. The gods and the heavenly abodes. The line is short. pītapadmaśuklaleśyā (पीतपद्मशुक्ललेश्या) from 4.22 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: prāggraiveyakebhyaḥ (प्राग्ग्रैवेयकेभ्यः) + kalpāḥ (कल्पाः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prāggraiveyakebhyaḥ (प्राग्ग्रैवेयकेभ्यः) | dative or ablative plural | prāggraiveyaka (प्राग्ग्रैवेयक) |
| kalpāḥ (कल्पाः) | nominative plural | kalpa (कल्प) |
The phrases
prāggraiveyakebhyaḥ (प्राग्ग्रैवेयकेभ्यः) is prāggraiveyaka (प्राग्ग्रैवेयक). It stands as dative or ablative plural.
kalpāḥ (कल्पाः) is kalpa (कल्प). It stands as nominative plural.
Sanskrit in this line
prāggraiveyakebhyaḥ (प्राग्ग्रैवेयकेभ्यः) is dative or ablative plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prāggraiveyakebhyaḥ (प्राग्ग्रैवेयकेभ्यः) and kalpāḥ (कल्पाः).
Next
4.24. brahmalokālaya (ब्रह्मलोकालय), laukāntika (लौकान्तिक).